Patents Assigned to Bedloe Industries LLC
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Patent number: 10532753Abstract: A railcar coupler may include a coupler head comprising a shank and a head portion, the head portion defining a cavity for receiving a knuckle, a thrower, and a lock. The cavity can include a top pulling lug, a bottom pulling lug, and a thrower retaining lug. The top pulling lug can be configured to engage an upper knuckle pulling lug, and the bottom pulling lug being can be configured to engage a lower knuckle pulling lug. During operation of the railcar coupler, the ratio of the stress between the top pulling lug and the bottom pulling lug can be configured to be better balanced to help extend the life of the railcar coupler assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: Roshan N. Manibharathi, Jerry R. Smerecky, F. Andrew Nibouar, Corey M. Hudson
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Patent number: 10370010Abstract: A method of casting a core includes the steps of preparing a first half of a corebox, preparing a second half of a corebox such that the parting line of a core formed from the first and second coreboxes runs along the vertical axis of the core.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly S. Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 9868452Abstract: A method of casting a core includes the steps of preparing a first half of a corebox, preparing a second half of a corebox such that the parting line of a core formed from the first and second coreboxes runs along the vertical axis of the core.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly S. Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 9701323Abstract: A railcar coupler may include a coupler head comprising a shank and a head portion, the head portion defining a cavity for receiving a knuckle, a thrower, and a lock. The cavity can include a top pulling lug, a bottom pulling lug, and a thrower retaining lug. The top pulling lug can be configured to engage an upper knuckle pulling lug, and the bottom pulling lug being can be configured to engage a lower knuckle pulling lug. During operation of the railcar coupler, the ratio of the stress between the top pulling lug and the bottom pulling lug can be configured to be better balanced to help extend the life of the railcar coupler assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: Roshan N. Manibharathi, Jerry R. Smerecky, F. Andrew Nibouar, Corey M. Hudson
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Patent number: 9533696Abstract: A knuckle may include a throat portion having a throat side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section. The throat portion may also include a tail stop side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 9505418Abstract: A railroad coupler assembly having at least a body and a knuckle both formed in a no-bake manufacturing process, the body and the knuckle having dimensional tolerances of distances between features that wear during operation that are about half those obtained from a body and a knuckle manufactured by a green sand process, resulting in increased fatigue life compared to the body and the knuckle manufactured by a green sand process.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Ronald P. Sellberg, Arthur A. Gibeaut
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Patent number: 9452765Abstract: A method of casting a core includes the steps of preparing a first half of a corebox, preparing a second half of a corebox such that the parting line of a core formed from the first and second coreboxes runs along the vertical axis of the core.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly S. Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 9308578Abstract: A method for manufacturing a railcar coupler knuckle includes, before casting, positioning an external chill within a cope mold portion and a drag mold portion offset from and adjacent internal walls of a pulling face and a throat of the cope and drag mold portions, thus producing a casting with reduced micro-shrinkage in at least the throat, a high-stress section of the casting. Use of subsurface chills produces an improved surface with fewer inclusions when compared to an equivalent surface produced in a process without use of a subsurface chill. The external chill may be a cone chill of a larger size to improve cooling and solidification at and below the surface. The external chill may also be a cylindrical and/or oblong chill with a tapered design that may correspond to the internal walls of the cope and drag mold portions between the pulling face and the throat.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: Jerry R. Smerecky, F. Andrew Nibouar, Noland Brooks, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 9187102Abstract: A method of casting a core includes the steps of preparing a first half of a corebox, preparing a second half of a corebox such that the parting line of a core formed from the first and second coreboxes runs along the vertical axis of the core.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 9168934Abstract: A knuckle may include a throat portion having a throat side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section. The throat portion may also include a tail stop side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: BEDLOE INDUSTRIES LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 9079590Abstract: A railroad coupler assembly having at least a body and a knuckle both formed in a no-bake manufacturing process, the body and the knuckle having dimensional tolerances of distances between features that wear during operation that are about half those obtained from a body and a knuckle manufactured by a green sand process, resulting in increased fatigue life compared to the body and the knuckle manufactured by a green sand process.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: BEDLOE INDUSTRIES LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Ronald P. Sellberg, Arthur A. Gibeaut
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Publication number: 20150048044Abstract: A railroad coupler assembly having at least a body and a knuckle both formed in a no-bake manufacturing process, the body and the knuckle having dimensional tolerances of distances between features that wear during operation that are about half those obtained from a body and a knuckle manufactured by a green sand process, resulting in increased fatigue life compared to the body and the knuckle manufactured by a green sand process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Ronald P. Sellberg, Arthur A. Gibeaut
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Publication number: 20140319092Abstract: A method of casting a core includes the steps of preparing a first half of a corebox, preparing a second half of a corebox such that the parting line of a core formed from the first and second coreboxes runs along the vertical axis of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BEDLOE INDUSTRIES LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Publication number: 20140209554Abstract: A knuckle may include a throat portion having a throat side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section. The throat portion may also include a tail stop side wall with at least three sections, a first section closest to the knuckle tail, a third section closest to the knuckle pulling face, and a second section between said first and third sections. The wall thickness of said first section may be less than 10% different than the wall thickness of said second section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 8783481Abstract: A railroad coupler assembly having at least a body and a knuckle both formed in a no-bake manufacturing process, the body and the knuckle having dimensional tolerances of distances between features that wear during operation that are about half those obtained from a body and a knuckle manufactured by a green sand process, resulting in increased fatigue life compared to the body and the knuckle manufactured by a green sand process. The body and the knuckle resulting from the no-bake manufacturing process have no observable laps, scabs, chaplets or welding in critical areas of the body and knuckle, which are reflected in surface conditions matching SCRATA (Steel Castings Research and Trade Association) values of: D1 (laps); E1 (scabs); F1 (chaplets); and J1 (welds).Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Ronald P. Sellberg, Arthur A. Gibeaut
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Patent number: 8770265Abstract: A casting apparatus for casting a railcar coupler, which includes a shank portion and a head portion, includes cope and drag portions that define an external shape of the coupler. The casting apparatus also includes one or more cores that define an interior of the shank portion and a separate head core with an exterior that defines an interior of the head portion that includes lock chamber, guard arm side portion, and knuckle side portions of the head. The head core is a single piece with a hollow center section that defines a front face gating system that includes at least one in-gate configured to direct molten material to top and bottom regions of the head to define the lock chamber, guard arm side portion, and knuckle side of the head.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly S. Day, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 8746474Abstract: A core assembly for creating interior spaces in a railcar coupler knuckle is designed to be set in a cavity with cope and drag sections. The cavity is shaped to form a railcar coupler knuckle and includes a first wall that forms the substantially vertical outside wall of the tail of the knuckle. The core includes a kidney section with a rear core support section that extends at least 0.5? outside the first wall of the cavity when the core is set in the drag.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 8746473Abstract: An improved coupler body having an area of increased material in the upper lock chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: Jerry R. Smerecky, Thomas A. Marchese, Eric W. Larson
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Patent number: 8695818Abstract: A core assembly for forming the interior spaces of a railcar coupler knuckle has a first transition section between the C-10 portion of the core and the finger portion of the core. The first transition section has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side and the first and second sides form the vertical axis of the first transition section and the third and fourth sides form the horizontal axis of said first transition section. The vertical axis of the first transition section has a height along a horizontal plane of the vertical axis of at least 2.5? and the horizontal axis of said first transition section has a width along a vertical plane of the horizontal axis of at least 0.925?.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly Day, Vaughn Makary, Nick Salamasick
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Patent number: 8672152Abstract: A method for casting a thrower for a railcar coupler includes creating a mold box that is vertically parted in halves, each half defining a side of a thrower cavity and that includes at least a portion of a sprue at a location above the thrower cavity, the thrower cavity also being oriented vertically; pouring molten metal into the mold box through the sprue and into the thrower cavity while the mold is oriented vertically; and shaking out the mold box to release the thrower after the thrower has cooled. Creating the mold box may be executed through a cold shell process. The halves of the mold box may include reflective images of the sides of two thrower cavities and an ingate connected between the sprue and one of the two thrower cavities.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Bedloe Industries LLCInventors: F. Andrew Nibouar, Jerry R. Smerecky, Kelly S. Day, Noland Brooks